All actions
are led by the mind;
mind is their master, mind is their maker.
Act or speak with a defiled state of mind,
and suffering will follow
as the cart-wheel follows the foot of the ox.

All actions
are led by the mind;
mind is their master, mind is their maker.
Act or speak with a pure state of mind,
and happiness will follow
as your shadow that remains behind without departing.

Asking
for Pardon

If, due
to negligence, I have done some wrong
by body, speech, or mind,
pardon me that offence, Bhante,
Perfect One of vast wisdom.

If, due
to negligence, I have done some wrong
by body, speech, or mind,
pardon me that offence, O Dhamma,
visible and immediately effective.

If, due
to negligence, I have done some wrong
by body, speech, or mind,
pardon me that offence, O Sangha,
practicing well and supreme.

By means
of this meritorious deed
may I never join with the foolish.
May I join always with the wise
until the time I attain nibbana.

May the
suffering be free from suffering,
may the fear-struck be free from fear,
may the grieving be free from grief.
So too may all beings be.

From the
highest realm of existence to the lowest,
may all beings arisen in these realms
with form and without form,
with perception and without perception
be released from all suffering
and attain to perfect peace.